Quotes on Sportsmanship

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

I always tell kids, you have two eyes and one mouth. Keep two open and one closed. You never learn anything if you're the one talking.

Third, there is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called 'sportsmanship'. Our tools for the pursuit of wildlife improve faster than we do, and sportsmanship is the voluntary limitation in the use of these armaments. It is aimed to augment the role of skill and shrink the role of Gadgets in the pursuit of wild things.

No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn't matter how many games you've won.

I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, I can expect half-hearted results. Most people get it the honest way by setting their goals and committing themselves to achieving their goals. That's the only way I did it anyway. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.

Life is a game like any other; we just don't take it as seriously.

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

Class is striving hard to be the best at what you do while taking the needs of others into consideration

There is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called sportsmanship.

Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.

It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up.